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<h2 class="title">
<a id="query-dsl-geo-polygon-query"></a>Geo-polygon query<a class="edit_me edit_me_private" rel="nofollow" title="Editing on GitHub is available to Elastic" href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/edit/7.7/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-polygon-query.asciidoc">edit</a>
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<p>A query returning hits that only fall within a polygon of
points. Here is an example:</p>
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<pre class="programlisting prettyprint lang-console">GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "bool" : {
            "must" : {
                "match_all" : {}
            },
            "filter" : {
                "geo_polygon" : {
                    "person.location" : {
                        "points" : [
                            {"lat" : 40, "lon" : -70},
                            {"lat" : 30, "lon" : -80},
                            {"lat" : 20, "lon" : -90}
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}</pre>
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<h4>
<a id="_query_options_2"></a>Query Options<a class="edit_me edit_me_private" rel="nofollow" title="Editing on GitHub is available to Elastic" href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/edit/7.7/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-polygon-query.asciidoc">edit</a>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="4px">
<colgroup>
<col class="col_1">
<col class="col_2">
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Option</th>
<th align="left" valign="top">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p><code class="literal">_name</code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Optional name field to identify the filter</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p><code class="literal">validation_method</code></p></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Set to <code class="literal">IGNORE_MALFORMED</code> to accept geo points with
invalid latitude or longitude, <code class="literal">COERCE</code> to try and infer correct latitude
or longitude, or <code class="literal">STRICT</code> (default is <code class="literal">STRICT</code>).</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<h4>
<a id="_allowed_formats"></a>Allowed Formats<a class="edit_me edit_me_private" rel="nofollow" title="Editing on GitHub is available to Elastic" href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/edit/7.7/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-polygon-query.asciidoc">edit</a>
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<h5>
<a id="_lat_long_as_array"></a>Lat Long as Array<a class="edit_me edit_me_private" rel="nofollow" title="Editing on GitHub is available to Elastic" href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/edit/7.7/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-polygon-query.asciidoc">edit</a>
</h5>
<p>Format as <code class="literal">[lon, lat]</code></p>
<p>Note: the order of lon/lat here must
conform with <a href="http://geojson.org/" class="ulink" target="_top">GeoJSON</a>.</p>
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<pre class="programlisting prettyprint lang-console">GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "bool" : {
            "must" : {
                "match_all" : {}
            },
            "filter" : {
                "geo_polygon" : {
                    "person.location" : {
                        "points" : [
                            [-70, 40],
                            [-80, 30],
                            [-90, 20]
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}</pre>
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<a id="_lat_lon_as_string_3"></a>Lat Lon as String<a class="edit_me edit_me_private" rel="nofollow" title="Editing on GitHub is available to Elastic" href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/edit/7.7/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-polygon-query.asciidoc">edit</a>
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<p>Format in <code class="literal">lat,lon</code>.</p>
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<pre class="programlisting prettyprint lang-console">GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "bool" : {
            "must" : {
                "match_all" : {}
            },
            "filter" : {
               "geo_polygon" : {
                    "person.location" : {
                        "points" : [
                            "40, -70",
                            "30, -80",
                            "20, -90"
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}</pre>
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<h5>
<a id="_geohash_3"></a>Geohash<a class="edit_me edit_me_private" rel="nofollow" title="Editing on GitHub is available to Elastic" href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/edit/7.7/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-polygon-query.asciidoc">edit</a>
</h5>
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<pre class="programlisting prettyprint lang-console">GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "bool" : {
            "must" : {
                "match_all" : {}
            },
            "filter" : {
               "geo_polygon" : {
                    "person.location" : {
                        "points" : [
                            "drn5x1g8cu2y",
                            "30, -80",
                            "20, -90"
                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}</pre>
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<h4>
<a id="_geo_point_type_3"></a>geo_point Type<a class="edit_me edit_me_private" rel="nofollow" title="Editing on GitHub is available to Elastic" href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/edit/7.7/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-polygon-query.asciidoc">edit</a>
</h4>
<p>The query <span class="strong strong"><strong>requires</strong></span> the <a class="xref" href="geo-point.html" title="Geo-point datatype"><code class="literal">geo_point</code></a> type to be set on the
relevant field.</p>
<h4>
<a id="_ignore_unmapped_3"></a>Ignore Unmapped<a class="edit_me edit_me_private" rel="nofollow" title="Editing on GitHub is available to Elastic" href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/edit/7.7/docs/reference/query-dsl/geo-polygon-query.asciidoc">edit</a>
</h4>
<p>When set to <code class="literal">true</code> the <code class="literal">ignore_unmapped</code> option will ignore an unmapped field
and will not match any documents for this query. This can be useful when
querying multiple indexes which might have different mappings. When set to
<code class="literal">false</code> (the default value) the query will throw an exception if the field
is not mapped.</p>
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